In this fifth volume of the Fundamentalism Project, Fundamentalisms Comprehended, the distinguished contributors return to and test the endeavor's beginning premise: that fundamentalisms in all faiths share certain "family resemblances." Several of the essays reconsider the project's original definition of fundamentalism as a reactive, absolutist, and comprehensive mode of anti-secular religious activism. The book concludes with a capstone statement by R. Scott Appleby, Emmanuel Sivan, and Gabriel Almond that builds upon the entire Fundamentalism Project. Identifying different categories of fundamentalist movements, and delineating four distinct patterns of fundamentalist behavior toward outsiders, this statement provides an explanatory framework for understanding and comparing fundamentalisms around the world.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Enclave Culture

The Vision from the Madrasa and Bes Medrash: Some Parallels between Islam and Judaism

Mapping Indic Fundamentalisms through Nationalism and Modernity

Fundamentalisms Narrated: Muslim, Christian, and Mystical

Religious Fundamentalisms Compared: Palestinian Islamists

Protestants and Catholics in Latin America: A Family Portrait

Unity and Diversity in Islamic Fundamentalism Said

Muslim Fundamentalists: Psychosocial Profiles

Buddhism, Nationhood, and Cultural Identity: A Question of Fundamentals